Originally posted by mike
That is the art of being a good bike mechanic. Anybody can do the maintanance. The bike mechanic artisto can isolate and fix problems fast.
This is where I fall into the spectrum. I can do the maintanance, just not all that quickly.
I do not know many people who cycle, so any thing I know about bikes is mostly self taught. I was the kid who sat out in the garage tearing the bike to pieces. I couldn't always get it back together, but I sure knew how it came apart.